As a part of our exhibit "Home Games: A Century of Baseball Board Games" here are two games that we have adapted for the Internet.
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The Professional Game of Base Ball, 1890
Parker Brothers (Salem, Mass.)
Best known as the longtime manufacturer of Monopoly, Parker Brothers produced its first baseball game in 1890 with The Professional Game of Base Ball, a simple dice game.
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Game of Base Ball, 1886
McLoughlin Brothers (New York, N.Y.)
The leading board game manufacturer of the 19th and early 20th centuries, McLoughlin Brothers produced its first tabletop baseball games in 1886, including this Game of Base Ball, and a similar, but simpler version titled Home Base Ball.
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